This is the recording of an interview with Marie-Claude Martin, Associate Director in the Office of Research at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, which was held during the joint UNRISD and UN Women workshop on Gender-Related Research within the UN system in November 2012. In this recording, Marie-Claude Martin talks about the importance of research within the UN system and the unique role that UNRISD plays in generating ideas to move the development community forward.